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How to Make Your Own Natural Foaming Hand Soap

Thursday, June 08, 2017

They
said, once you have been bitten by the DIY bug, you will spend most of your
free time browsing the Internet to look for DIY inspirations. That is exactly
what happened to me. I was busy looking for my next DIY project when I came
upon a very simple recipe for making your own foaming hand soap – this is a
type of liquid hand soap contained in a special soap dispenser that converts
the soap into a soft foam. In order to produce a foam, the consistency of the
hand soap must be thin (meaning it should contain at least 50% water). So if
you will buy a foaming hand soap from the supermarket, then you will notice
that a 250 – 500ml bottle costs around Php 150 – 300. I consider it expensive
for a soap that contains mostly of water. You’re actually paying for the cost
of the foaming soap dispenser. What you can do instead is to recycle the foaming
soap dispenser and make your own liquid hand soap. It’s cheap, easy and you can
customize the scent. All you need is just one important ingredient – liquid castile soap.Liquid castile soap is a soap made from pure vegetable oil (it’s
vegan-friendly) instead of using animal fat (lard). It is a mild liquid soap
and has no surfactant (e.g. Sodium Lauryl Sulfate) which is why it is suitable
for babies or for anyone with sensitive skin. It is also a very concentrated
soap so a little amount goes a long way. In fact, you can dilute it with water
just like this DIY.Ingredients(Makes one 250ml bottle)Empty
foaming soap dispenser½
cup Liquid Castile Soap1
cup Distilled water1
tsp. Sunflower Oil or Jojoba Oil or Sweet Almond Oil20
drops of your favorite essential oil (or blend of essential oils)Instructions

Fill your soap dispenser with water. It’s important that we add the water first before the liquid soap. Doing it the other way around will create lots of bubbles when the soap is added first.

Add the liquid castile soap into the water. Make sure that there is still about 1-1.5 inch of space from the top of the dispenser after adding the soap, otherwise the foaming mechanism of the dispenser will not work.

Add the moisturizing oil and essential oils.

Cover the dispenser and shake gently to combine the ingredients together.

Both
the moisturizing oil and essential oil are optional for this DIY recipe. Since
I often wash my hands while cooking, I want my hand soap to be non-drying
that’s why I added moisturizing oil. On the other hand, if you want to add
antibacterial properties to your hand soap, then you just need to add either
lavender or tea tree essential oil. The texture of the foam produced by the
soap dispenser depends on the ratio between soap and water. The above recipe
produces thick foam. If you want the foam to be thinner, then you can reduce
the soap into ¼ cup. Also, it’s very important to occasionally shake the soap
dispenser as the oils tend to separate from the water over time. Finally, this
DIY will save you money because you can make around 4 batches of foaming hand
soap with a 250ml of liquid castile soap. Not to mention, liquid castile soap
has tons of uses. I already have other DIY projects using liquid castile soap,
so watch out for them on my next blog posts J

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Hi! I’m Melody – a nerdy Software Engineer who can’t live without her lip balms and body butters. Join me on my blog as I gradually make my transition from using chemical-laden to all-natural beauty products.